Bangor’s city hall on Harlow Street has been the headquarters of municipal government for 50 years now, ever since the city voted to demolish the old city hall during the Urban Renewal era. Read More
Check out the latest standings across all classes for the 2019 Maine high school basketball tournament. Read More
Essential Reads
19 years ago, these four men were teammates. Now, they’re all coaching teams in this year’s tourney.
Members of Shead’s 1999-2000 boys basketball team have figured prominently in recent tournaments. Four players from that squad are varsity head coaches — all of which have qualified for postseason play again this year. Read More
Wednesday may have been a snow day for many public school students in Maine. But students in the Camden area still had to do schoolwork during the midweek storm, even if it was from home. Read More
In 1980, Passamaquoddy tribal historic preservation officer Donald Soctomah heard some very old audio recordings of Passamaquoddy songs and stories for the first time. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills has released her first budget, after repeatedly promising it would provide “sustainable” funding for the massive expansion of Medicaid without new taxes. Republicans acknowledge that this proposed budget delivers on this funding promise — along with a collection of other campaign promises — but find it lacking… Read More
We lose our patience in Kimbrel and Gostowski, but imagine life without them. Read More
Burke became fire chief in 1982, serving for eight years before retiring from the department in December 1990. Read More
Friday was Vaughn Smith’s 83rd birthday. Meeting the Marginally Famous Bangor Police Department Duck of Justice WAS on his bucket-list. Vaughn has a duck puppet. Nope, not kidding. Melody thought it was real. I still do. Vaughn is an artist. Vaughn’s wife and daughter came with him on this momentous… Read More
